Tuesday, June 26, 2012

One of the most anticipated films that will be released in 2013, "Twelve Years A Slave", has just begun production in New Orleans.

"Twelve Years A Slave", is an adaption of the Solomon Northup memoir, originally published in 1853.

Even though the subject matter makes me cringe a bit, that goes for any film about slavery, I was very much intrigued by the A-list entree of superb actors, producers and the director on board for the project.

In addition, these stories must be told. It happened... it's history.

Michael Fassbender

Brad Pitt

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Ruth Negga

Michael Kenneth Williams

Garret Dillahunt

Lupita Nyong'o

Alfre Woodard

Even though the production has literally just begun and is in the early stages, the project is getting great buzz already and it will continue to get major buzz as it progresses.

The fabulously amazing director Steve McQueen, [Hunger, Shame] is the director for the slave drama "12 Years A Slave".

The powerhouse attachments to the film just keep getting better. They ain't playing!

The uber talented and oustanding actor Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt and Chiwetel Ejiofor are starring in "Twelve Years", and with the great additions that continue to be added to the cast, makes this film already on par for Oscar talk.

Alfre Woodard will join the cast of Twelve Years a Slave, the New Regency film being produced by Plan B and River Road.

Brad Pitt to Produce Drama 'Twelve Years a Slave' With Steve McQueen Directing
The film is being directed by Steve McQueen (Shame, Hunger) and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender.

Based on an autobiography written in 1853 by Solomon Northup, a free black man who became enslaved, the script tells how Northup (Ejiofor) was kidnapped and put in a slave pen, paving the way for a grueling life under numerous owners.

Woodard will play Mistress Shaw, a former slave who has risen in the Southern caste system.

Lupita Nyong'o also is joining the cast and will play a slave who is the object of both the affections and cruelty of Master Epps (Fassbender).

The Twelve Years cast also includes Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock), Paul Giamatti, Paul Dano and Sarah Paulson.

An Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actress, Woodard recently co-starred on TV’s Memphis Beat and Three Rivers. Her stint on True Blood last year earned her 16th Emmy nomination. She is repped by ICM Partners, D/F Management and Stankevich/Gochman.

Side Note: Oscar nominations in the future for "12 Years A Slave"? We will have to wait and see, but, I think.... oh yes indeedy!

Can't wait to see this Masterpiece when it's completed.. no pun intended.

Although I will have to consume a glass of wine, to prepare myself, before I watch Michael Fassbender play a ruthless slave master.

Fassbender, gives stellar performances in everything he does. So, I expect nothing short of brilliance in this performance as well.

Ahhh hell, imma have to sneak the whole dang bottle of wine in the theater. Oh wells. LOL

Can't say the same for the western slave film "Django Unchained".

Of course I'll watch to support Jamie Foxx, Samuel Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington and director, Quentin. Praying the actual film in it's entirety happens to be better than the cheesy trailer. Sighs.

[UPDATE] - 'Django Unchained', was actually a good film. Just goes to show never judge a movie based on a bad trailer.

James Stewart, Farley Granger and John Dall star in this macabre spellbinder, which was inspired by a real-life case of murder. Two thrill-seeking friends (Granger and Dall) strangle a classmate and then hold a party for their victim's family and friends, serving refreshments on a buffet table fashioned from a trunk containing the lifeless body. When dinner conversation revolves around talk of the 'perfect murder', their former teacher (Stewart) becomes increasingly suspicious that his students have turned his intellectual theories into brutal reality.

"Night Of The Living Dead" [1968] is a cult classic. This horror has been imitated and re-told in many different ways. But this is the original.

The trailer is a bit cheesy but u get the point. Watch the trailer and/or the full movie below. As always... grab some popcorn and a drink when u do!

Plot:

Bickering siblings Johnny and Barbra are traveling by car to a rural cemetery, where they visit their father's grave. They are approached by a pale-faced who man who stumbles toward them and attacks Barbra.

Johnny pulls the man off of Barbra and struggles with him, but is knocked unconscious and possibly dead after tripping and hitting his head violently on the edge of a gravestone.

The man then pursues Barbra back to the car, but Barbra cannot start it because the keys are in Johnny's pocket. She takes the car out of gear and it begins to drift away on its own, but she accidentally steers it into a tree.

She abandons the car and runs down a roadway to a nearby farmhouse, with the man still pursuing her. She discovers the house seemingly deserted, and the phone is out of order.

Her attacker stumbles around the outside of the house looking for her, and is joined by several others. They all seem to be in a kind of trance, behaving in an animalistic way.

Exploring the house further, Barbra makes a gruesome find at the top of the stairs: a human body that seems to have been partially devoured by something.
In a panic and attempting to flee the house, Barbra is intercepted by Ben, who arrives in a pickup truck and attacks the mysterious figures with a tire iron.

Barbra is further driven into hysteria when she sees Ben violently smashing the skulls of the strange men who keep trying to get into the house. Ben urges her into action and the two of them begin boarding up the doors and windows from the inside with dismantled furniture and scraps of wood........ Will they survive?

Well it was only a matter of time before the lawsuits would start up after the Chris Brown/Drake brawl that happened at the W.I.P Club recently.

Several people were injured including NBA player Tony Parker who sustained an injury to his eye.

Tony has now filed a $20 million dollar lawsuit against the club for his injuries.

Oh and trust additional lawsuits will be following. The club owners I'm sure are going to go after either Drake and/or Chris Brown for damages, even though no one is saying who actually started the brawl.

Deets below:
Via Rolling Stone:

Spurs guard Tony Parker is suing the owners of W.i.P. nightclub over injuries he allegedly sustained during the Chris Brown-Drake brawl earlier this month, reports the New York Post.

The NBA All-Star is seeking $20 million following a "corneal laceration of the left eye and other injuries" he says he suffered during the fight, though his lawyer David Jaroslawicz admitted the extent of the injuries are still unknown.

Neither Brown nor Drake are listed as defendants, with Parker and Jaroslawicz blaming the club for the situation. "The defendants were reckless, careless and negligent in permitting Drake's entourage and Brown's entourage to be in the club at the same time despite known tension between the two," reads the suit.

Parker, who is scheduled to play with the French national basketball team at the Summer Olympics in London, claims the injuries will sideline him for a week. After initially feeling fine, he said the injury worsened, forcing him to visit the ER and to wear "therapeutic" contact lenses.

Earlier this week, the NYPD shut down W.i.P. over unspecified code violations.

Congrats to Dwayne Wade, LeBron James, who won Finals MVP [and also had a triple double performance in the last game] and the entire Miami Heat! Even tho I'm a Kobe and Lakers fan I can still say... Well deserved!

Tyler James Williams [Everybody Hates Chris], Coco Jones and Brandon M. Smith [Disney's So Random!] starred in Disney's original movie "Let It Shine" that recently premiered on the Disney Channel.

Big ups to Disney for putting together a quality young African American movie with a great soundtrack.

Also pleased that Disney did great promotion on the movie as well as pushing the music. The result was ratings gold for the film.

Disney has been heavily airing the movie since it's premiere last week. Check your listings. The DVD releases on August 7th.

Via Wiki:

The premiere of Let It Shine was seen by 5.7 million people and is now currently the most watched Disney Channel Original Movie of 2012.
In its original airing,the movie was watched by 5.70 million viewers, the highest daily numbers for cable, and obtained an adult 18-49 rating of 0.9, second only to Family Guy and tied with the 2012 U.S. Open airings.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted to find Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress for failing to provide subpoenaed documents in the flawed Fast and Furious gun-tracking case, just hours after President Obama asserted executive privilege and backed the attorney general’s refusal to release the material.

The vote for contempt and the White House insertion into the growing Southwest border “gun-walking” scandal set up a significant constitutional clash between the two branches of the federal government, one that ultimately may not be resolved until it reaches the courts.

The Republican-led committee, headed by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), voted strictly along party lines in finding Holder in contempt. It now sends the matter to the full House for a floor vote to ask the U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., or a special prosecutor to force the Obama administration to provide the documents.

Obama invokes executive privilege over Fast and Furious documents
Negotiations break down between Holder, Issa over Fast and Furious
“The committee has uncovered serious wrongdoing by the Justice department,” Issa said of his investigation into Fast and Furious, in which several thousand illegally purchased firearms were circulated on both sides of the Southwest border and many wound up with Mexican drug cartels.

“That wrongdoing has cost lives on both sides of the border.”
But Rep. Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, the top Democrat on the panel, said the Republicans caused the standoff by demanding the release of internal Department of Justice records.

“The administration was forced into this position by the committee’s unreasonable insistence on pressing forward, “ he said.
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), put it on a more personal level and said she was “extremely disgusted” that her committee had come to this. “I am horrified you are going through with this contempt charge,” she said. “This shouldn’t be a witch hunt.”

All 23 Republicans on the panel voted for contempt, and all 17 Democrats against the contempt resolution.
As they cast their votes, however, President Obama’s claim of executive privilege loomed large over the House committee hearing room, suggesting that Holder or some other high administration official discussed Fast and Furious with the president, and that he agrees about 1,300 pages of documents under subpoena should not be made public.
House Speaker John A. Boehner(R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) released a statement immediately after the vote.

“While we had hoped it would not come to this, unless the Attorney General reevaluates his choice and supplies the promised documents, the House will vote to hold him in contempt next week,” they said.

Karma is a bitch and Rielle Hunter has made choices in her life that has definitely put her in the category as one of the most deceitful, trashy, manipulative, ugly, unattractive, scandalous, no class having, disrespectful humans to ever exist.

Of course she didn't act alone, however as a woman, to make the choice to not only have a torrid affair with a MARRIED man who is running for President, has children and a wife who was terminally ill... you FAIL TO USE PROTECTION AND GET KNOCKED UP!!!!!!!!???

Then torment Elizabeth Edwards with public interviews while she was dealing with cancer, and NOW the ***** has the AUDACITY to release a tell all book and CONTINUES to speak ILL of Elizabeth Edwards who is now deceased!

I cannot believe the insensitivity!

Oh KARMA is coming and it's going to wreak havoc! That is all... deets below:

Recent pic of John Edward's Daughter Quinn with Hunter

Via NY Daily News:

- In her new book, Hunter describes the first night she spent with John Edwards as "extraordinary."

- Rielle Hunter book: John Edwards' mistress slams Elizabeth Edwards in new book, calling her ‘bonkers’ and ‘witch on wheels’:

Rielle Hunter is blabbing in her new book about the night she first bedded former Sen. John Edwards at a Park Ave. hotel, calling it "the most extraordinary night of my life."

Hunter flattered the one-time presidential hopeful at the Regency Hotel in February 2006 with the line, "You are so hot," and Edwards quickly lured her up to his room for a night of "surrender" and "zero sleep," she writes in the trashy, forthcoming tell-all.
Hunter opens the juicy anecdote with the moment she arrived at Edwards' door.
"

The connection I felt when I walked in the door had only grown and the amount of energy between us was huge and unstoppable," Hunter says in "What Really Happened," which was excerpted by Radar Online on Tuesday.
"And then a moment came while we were talking when something in my heart clicked and I surrendered.
“I took off my teacher hat, let go of all my resistance to him and let him lead.
"And lead he did," she says.
"He led me toward the most extraordinary night of my life.

There was a lot of talk, a lot of laughter and zero sleep."
The steamy tidbit was the latest dig at Edwards' deceased wife, Elizabeth, who died of cancer in 2010, just months after her husband admitted to fathering a daughter with Hunter.

Elsewhere in the book, Hunter slams Elizabeth Edwards as a "witch on wheels" who drove her husband to cheat.
Recalling their conversation on the night of that first tryst,

Hunter claims Edwards poured his heart out to her.
He claimed to have an "entire hidden life" and told her that he had three other girlfriends in Los Angeles, Florida and Chicago, she says.
But he needed Hunter to serve as his "safe place."

"Somewhere in the midst of our talk, long after I realized how far off the rails his marriage was, and for how long it had been that way, something happened between us," she says.

After the first hotel hook up, Hunter says the two often spoke on the phone for hours.
Edwards was enthralled by "how easy it was to talk to me," she brags.
"I was completely fascinated by him," she says.

"Where could this possibly be headed? And was he really already changing his behavior, based on our one night together?"

He wasn't.

Edwards later admitted to lying about having other girlfriends - a ploy, he said, to keep Hunter from becoming attached - and in August 2008 denied that their daughter, Quinn, was his.

Hunter is set to appear on ABC News' "20/20" on Friday, and her book hits shelves the following Tuesday.

Side Note: The child is innocent. But Rielle Hunter is Nasty Gutter Trash!!!

Angelina Jolie and the rest of the cast and crew began filming the Disney's upcoming Sleeping Beauty movie. Angelina plays the evil Maleficent. Perfect choice to play the role. Deets below:

Via E Online:

Yesterday was the first glimpse of Angelina Jolie as the eponymous Maleficent in Disney's retelling of the Sleeping Beauty villainess's tale, and today we got a whole lot more.

The first shots of the Oscar winner on the set of the would-be blockbuster made their way online today, and show Jolie in all her behorned sorceress glory.

As announced by Walt Disney Studios yesterday, production on the 3-D summer (er, of 2014) blockbuster began in England last week, and that is indeed where shutterbugs managed to catch the first look of the star filming this week.

The reimagined origin-of-sorts story will show moviegoers how the evil misunderstood sorceress goes from dark art practitioner to princess-targeting evildoer.

Elle Fanning stars as the cursed Aurora and joins Jolie, Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson and Sam Riley, among others, on the big-screen adaptation.

Love seeing a black family, hell any family put up a united front in the face of f**kery from other folks attempting to sabotage a relationship deliberately!

Fighting the rumors that have been dogging them for weeks, and regardless as if they are having issues or not, Kimora Lee Simmons and Djimon stepped out in the blaring spotlight with their son Kenzo last week for lunch in L.A., a day after the infamous "statement" was released by Kola Boof.

Only time will tell if the two are in fact splitting, but in the present, it is so fabulous the way they are handling the drama.... with class!

"Horror Hotel" is a classic. You can never go wrong with anything Christopher Lee is in.

"Horror Hotel" has a slight Alfred Hitchcock feel, think "Psycho". Even though the film only runs about 76 minutes, it's definitely worth a watch. Grab some popcorn and a drink!

Also known as: "The City Of The Dead"

Plot:

On 3 March 1692, in Whitewood, Massachusetts, the witch Elizabeth Selwyn is sentenced to be burned at the stake, and her partner Jethrow Keane asks Lúcifer to save her.

About three hundred years later, college student Nan Barlow decides to spend her vacation in the town to research witchcraft. Her professor Alan Driscoll suggests Nan to lodge in the Ravens Inn, managed by Mrs. Newless.

Once in the village, the naive Nan is advised by the local priest, Reverend Russell, to immediately leave the place, where devil has ruled over for three hundred years, but she decides to stay and find that she is in a coven of evil witches.

Nan vanishes, and the granddaughter of Reverend Russell, Patricia Russell, pays a visit to Nan's skeptical brother, Richard Barlow, and her boyfriend Bill Maitland, and they decide to follow her steps.

Once in New England, they realize that a group of immortal witches have to sacrifice two beautiful women per year, one on Candleman Eve on February 1st, and the other on the Witch Sabbath, to stay alive forever, and only the shadow of a cross would be able to destroy them.

The aftermath of the "brawl" that happened between Chris Brown and Drake, and/or their entourages continue to circulate different stories from various witnesses.

The NYPD is still conducting an investigation into the fight that happened that night that left several people injured and this of course is going to lead to lawsuits. The Club W.I.P. has already been closed, perhaps it will open when they fix the violations they were cited with. Additional deets below:

Via The Hollywood Reporter:

Here are the latest updates surrounding the Brown-Drake fight:

1. The Nightclub Shuts Down: On Saturday evening, SoHo basement club W.i.P. was closed for code violations, a New York Police Department spokeswoman told the AP, though no additional details at the time were given.

2. Drake Addresses Brawl During Concert: At a scheduled gig Saturday evening, Drake -- who had largely remained silent on the nightclub fight (save for a statement issued following the incident and allegations), briefly talked about the scuffle at Jones Beach. “When I woke up this morning, I had to think about a lot of things,” Drake said onstage according to the New York Daily News. “But the only thing I gave a f--- about was that I was in New York City tonight.”
STORY: Chris Brown-Drake Bar Brawl: 10 Developments So Far
The rapper seemed to reference the fight in the middle of a song. “It’s last call and you’re really too drunk to give a f---,” said Drake. "A n---- in the corner is standing there looking at you funny. You bump elbows with him on the way to the bathroom, but really there’s only one n---- that you got to think about.”

3. Fans Weigh in on the Brown-Drake Feud: Turns out, several people attending the Drake concert Saturday weren't impressed with the way the two handled themselves. “I think it’s ridiculous that two grown men of celebrity status would behave like that,” said 21-year-old Jonathan Rosado ahead of the show.

4. Witness to Brawl Breaks Silence: Twenty-one year-old model Ingrid Guttierez was sitting at Brown's table when the fight broke out and as a result, she was scarred after a bottle was thrown. Though there remain conflicting reports as to what actually happened that night, her lawyer maintains that his client said that Brown was "polite throughout the whole night." “He was very calm and what he did, I believe, was he tried to even defend my client Ingrid," her lawyer said.

5. Brown Slams Media Coverage: On Friday, Brown took to Twitter to vent frustrations over media coverage of the brawl and left his harshest criticisms to TMZ. “@tmz y'all full of sh*t!!! It's insane how your stories are not informative at all and far from fuc*ing facts!" Brown tweeted, which has since been deleted. He added: “It’s really sad! All y’all in that office sit behind a desk and hide behind ur lives by trying to tarnish others! Good game!”

6. Other Victims Come Foward: A 21-year-old named Veronica, who plans on legal action against the club (and possibly the singers) claims to have also been injured in the bar fight. “I heard people screaming ... so I tried to get away from the action and hid behind a couch," she told TMZ, after which someone stepped on her head and she suffered a gash on her hand. She also said that in the ambulance, she saw another female victim who was hit by a bottle and had blood gushing from her forehead.

Via Associated Press:

NEW YORK — Police have shut down a New York City nightclub where singer Chris Brown and rapper Drake's entourage got in a bottle-throwing brawl.
A New York Police Department spokeswoman says the club W.i.P in SoHo was closed Saturday night on code violations. The NYPD did not provide details on the violations.
Chris Brown, his girlfriend and his bodyguard were among eight injured during the fight inside the club last week. Police say members of Drake's entourage stopped Brown as he was leaving. The fight escalated and bottles were thrown.
Professional basketball star Tony Parker says he suffered a scratched retina on one of his eyes during the brawl.
Drake's representatives say he was on his way out when the fight began and did not injure anyone. Brown spoke to police.

Erica Kennedy, an author and blogger best known for popular novels Feminista and Bling, has died.

She resided in Miami Beach, Florida and was 42 years old at the time of her death, according to a family member. Additional details on the circumstances are not available yet.

A former fashion publicist, Kennedy started her writing career as a special correspondent for the New York Daily News.

She went on to write about fashion and entertainment for magazines such as Vibe, In Style, Paper and Elle UK, according to her website.

In 2004 she published a satire on the high stakes world of hip-hop with her debut novel Bling, which went on to become a New York Times best-seller. Five years later she released her second novel, Feminista, a story about smart, modern women.

Rodney King, the man who was at the center of the infamous Los Angeles riots, was found dead this morning, TMZ has reported.

He was 47.
According to TMZ, King's fiancée, Cynthia Kelly, found him dead at the bottom of a swimming pool. CNN has confirmed his passing.

King recently marked the twentieth anniversary of the Los Angeles riots -- the mayhem that took place after four police officers were acquitted of beating King in 1991. The beating, which was caught on camera, sparked national outrage and put King at the center of heated debate about the state of race relations in America.

CBS Los Angeles has released a radio interview with Rialto, California police Captain Randy De Anda, who says that King may have had some verbal contact with his fiancée, at which time she went outside and found him at the bottom of the pool.

"Rialto police officers responded to the location and removed him from inside of the pool and began CPR. The Rialto Fire Department paramedics responded and transported Mr. King to the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead at 6:11 a.m. this morning,” De Anda said.
Preliminary information showed no signs of foul play, he added.

In his memoir, "The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption," published earlier this year, King detailed the high-speed chase that led up to his beating on March 3, 1991 and how he went on to receive a $3.8 million settlement from the city of Los Angeles. Most of the money was lost, however, to bad investments, including a hip-hop record label he founded.

More From AP:

The 1992 riots, which were set off by the acquittals of the officers who beat King, lasted three days and left 55 people dead, more than 2,000 injured and swaths of Los Angeles on fire. At the height of the violence, King pleaded on television: "Can we all get along?"
In the two decades after he became the central figure in the riots, King was arrested several times, mostly for alcohol-related crimes. He later became a record company executive and a reality TV star, appearing on shows such as "Celebrity Rehab."
In an interview earlier this year with The Associated Press, King said he was a happy man.
"America's been good to me after I paid the price and stayed alive through it all," he says. "This part of my life is the easy part now."

Mariah Carey attended the "Obama For America" event Thursday and performed. She tweeted a fabulous pic of her in a gorgeous Vera Wang gown [above] with the following tweets:

Just finished performing Hero, We Belong Together and BRING IT ON HOME - a song I wrote especially for the Obama For America event at the Plaza in NY. Wishing I could put this out! "Strength is what we need and love keeps us alive..."

As she has stated for 2 days in a weird repetitive way, Kola Boof released a "statement" in response to Djimon Hounsou saying he never even met her.

This sent her into another twitter storm.

Must say the frequency of her tweets are disturbing. The full statement is extremely long. With all that being said, listed below is some of what she had to say.

For four years (starting 3 weeks after Kimora Lee Simmons 'faux' West African wedding to actor Djimon Hounsou in the country of Benin)....I took part in an adulterous affair with Ms. Simmons' man.

I can honestly say that I slept with her husband more than she did the last four years.
It should also be noted that I had a sexual relationship with Mr. Hounsou many, many years prior to the 'marriage', before he even knew Ms. Simmons.

Djimon and Kimora of course have never been legally married. His only legal wife is a much older woman named Marie in France. Marie basically bankrolled him during his youthful model days. Djimon also has an African wife given to him by his tribe in Benin (and a set of children by her).
Today is June 14th, 2012. But a few months ago...my affair with Djimon caused so much strife within their coupling that Djimon Hounsou walked out on Ms. Simmons. (To be fair, financial issues also played a significant role, though I am not privy to information on that.

I just know that Kimora deeply wounded Djimon one day by calling him a 'broke nigga'--he told me and my adoptive Black American mother, Claudine Johnson, about it in late January).
I'm not sure what day exactly Djimon walked out for the final time (he had actually stayed gone from home a few times before the walk out)....but I do know that I was overjoyed...and not in the way you are expecting.

First of all....after Djimon left Kimora....I made it clear that I would never sleep with him again.

Just as you saw published in my interview with the NY DAILY NEWS...I informed him that the only reason I had sex with him was to get revenge on Kimora. With their breakup, I didn't (and don't) want it anymore.
When I finally did tell my story to the newspapers---they did not take my word for it.

The media doesn't work like that. They have to fact check in some manner in order to report something.
They interviewed other people about Djimon and myself....employees at hotels, limousine services and other establishments who TOLD THEM that they had seen me and Djimon together (with my skirt hiked up and me giggling) *sporadically* for the last 4 years.

I refuse to provide what few TEXT MESSAGES and voice mails that I have.
But the only reason my story was published in NY DAILY NEWS and other major newspapers is because they had significant witness information indicating beyond 'legal doubt' that I was telling the truth. So they published it.
I didn't want to hurt Djimon and I still don't.

But by the same token--nobody's
going to hurt Kola either.
I was served an unexpected shock...everyone wanted to stop me from delivering today's Official Statement...even to the point of offering money!

The Vice President of Djimon's birth country (Benin) contacted me...and Russell Simmons, Kimora's powerful ex-husband began harassing and smearing
my name.
I am including here now a small portion of what Mathurin Nago, the Vice President of Benin ordered me to do.

Vice President of Benin's message:
Mathurin Nago:

"...Daughter, you and Djimon are both Africans. It's not right
for you to destroy your brother's legacy of hard works. We do not have another world class movie star but Djimon Hounsou. He is the symbolic lion of the continent on screens across the world. You are a young lady and your place should be in support of your brothers. But you have attacked Wale, the
gifted musician for not showcasing African women in his videos and you now
disgrace yourself and Djimon with disclosures of bedroom vice. You must take such things to the grave Daughter and not make public disgrace of yourself and Africa. Your place is at your brother's feet, but you have been ill-raised by the Americans. It is their fault. I say with love that you are wrong to go forward with a public statement Thursday. If you have any respect for me like you say you do, I forbid you to tear down your brother and his hard works. Take these incidents of vice to the grave."

As a Nilotic African woman, I cannot deny that I was very affected by Mr. Nago's
words. In fact, it still affects me. But I feel very strongly that I have a right
to give my press statement...and that my reputation and word is just as important as that of my brothers.

So twitter is still going off over a supposed fight, beef, feud or whatever that came to a head last night when Chris got popped in the face with a bottle that was allegedly thrown by someone in Drake's entourage. Deets below:

Via Rap Fix / MTV:

Drake made an appearance at Sin City cabaret in the Bronx, New York on Wednesday night where he attended the listening session for Rick Ross and MMG’s Self Made Vol 2. album, but the YMCMB rapper reportedly got into a fight with Chris Brown later in the night, over Rihanna?

According to TMZ Drake got into a scuffle with Chris Brown at Manhattan’s WIP nightclub in the wee hours of Thursday morning, with the NYPD confirming that the two entertainers were at the center of the drama.

Cops reportedly responded to a call between 4am and 5am, but when they showed up both Breezy and Drake had already left the scene.

Global Grind reports that the drama began when Brown sent a bottle over to Drake's table, and the YMCMB rapper came over to confront him and argue about Rihanna (apparently with some encouragement from Meek Mill).

Drake reportedly punched him in the face and threw a bottle at him, before Brown could hit back.
After the fight Chris Brown tweeted a photo showing a deep cut on his chin, writing,

The message has since been deleted, but there’s plenty of speculation that the fight began over Brown’s ex-girlfriend Rihanna, who Drake admitted to having a brief romance with.

The two have remained friends, with Rihanna appearing his in recent video for “Take Care” but there’s been no shortage of tension between Brown and Rih’s new friends.

Last month, Brown traded jabs with Meek Mill and Drake on Twitter, in a spat that definitely seemed to involve Rihanna.

Via BET:

Punches and bottles were thrown last night at a New York City nightclub where the entourages of Chris Brown and Drake reportedly clashed.

The afterhours melee left Brown with a deep gash on his chin and five other people injured.
A source in the NYPD has confirmed to TMZ that the music stars’ crews did get into a fight at the Manhattan hotspot WIP.

Police received a 911 call about the clash after 4am, but when they arrived neither Breezy nor Drizzy was present on the scene.
Brown tweeted a picture of his injury following the scuffle, along with a message calling out his combatant.

Along with Drake, other celebrities at the party included Ne-Yo, Mary J. Blige. Maybach Music Group rapper Meek Mill, who recently was involved in a Twitter beef with Brown over pop superstar Rihanna, tweeted a message denying reports he was the rapper exchanging blows with Breezy.

“It wasn’t me..(shaggy voice) lol.”

Though Brown and Drake have not had any public issues in the past, it has been widely reported that the Young Money rapper had a fling with Chris' ex girlfriend Rihanna.
While no arrests were made at the scene, police are still currently investigating the matter.

Side Note: Chile!!!!

UPDATE: DRAKE SAYS HE DIDN'T FIGHT CHRIS BROWN! FIGHT WITH MEEK MILL?

Via TMZ:

Drake is adamant ... he is not responsible for the bloody gash on Chris Brown's face ... claiming he was simply leaving the nightclub when the brawl broke out ... but sources tell us, the fight started after Chris Brown and a rapper at Drake's table started trash talking each other.

The rapper hanging with Drake -- Meek Mill -- was screaming at Chris and Chris was giving it right back to Meek Mill.

One of Chris' lieutenants was also involved in the screaming match.
Our sources would NOT say what specifically they were arguing about -- partly out of fear that someone will get hurt. But we are told the argument was NOT over Rihanna.

One source says Chris was hurt when Meek Mill hit him with a bottle.
A rep for Drake tells TMZ ... "Drake did not participate in any wrongdoing of any kind last night at W.i.P. He was on his way out of the club when the altercation began."

The rep adds, "[Drake] did not engage in any activity which resulted in injury to person or damage to property.”

The most scandalicious thriller/drama/romance/political filled show of the year was the blazing first season/seven episodes of ABC's "Scandal".

Now you can free up space on your DVR and add this must have DVD to your collection. I know I will!

Synopsis:

From the creator of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice comes a captivating saga of illicit relationships, unchecked power, and shocking political intrigue. Go behind the closed doors of Washington D.C.'s elite and watch as the plot unfolds in Scandal: The Complete First Season. When trouble rears its ugly head - headline-making, life-ruining trouble - there's only one person to call: the legendary Olivia Pope (Kerry Washington). With her steadfast rule of always trusting her gut, Olivia leads an expert team of crisis management consultants skilled at making even the most sordid, salacious scandals disappear. But as these self-proclaimed "gladiators in suits" begin to reveal the cracks in their armor, will the masters of damage control be able to control the damage in their own personal lives? Relive every episode of this exciting political thriller, plus exclusive, never-before-seen bonus features, and get your fix of the ultimate "fixer."

Oh and one must not forget the hella hot chemistry between "Olivia" and "Fitz".

With reports continuing to flow that Kimora Lee and Djimon have split, reportedly over financial issues. Another reason has now been thrown in the pot.

Controversial author Kola Boof has stated she broke up Kimora and Djimon. If you remember, months ago [check archives] Kola Boof started tweeting up a storm about having an affair with Djimon. Her tweets included some direct tweets aimed at Kimora.

Kimora and Djimon never addressed her claims publicly.

Pic Above: Kimora & Djimon in happier times with their precious son

Well now Kola Boof is back in the center of the Kimora & Djimon relationship drama. Additional deets below:

Via New York Daily News:

Did Kimora Lee Simmons lose Djimon Hounsou because of a beef with Kola Boof?

The Sudanese-Egyptian author and poet who claims that she was once Osama Bin Laden’s mistress, says she broke up the Glamazon and the “Gladiator” actor’s relationship as “revenge” for Simmons’ cruel treatment of her.

On Tuesday, we reported that Simmons, 37, and Hounsou, 48, had split after a source close to the couple said they’d had “a big fight over money.”

The story took another turn on Thursday when a source suggested that we contact Boof to ask if she’d played a role in the split.
Boof’s response:

“I am the reason that they broke up.”
The author of “Diary of a Lost Girl: The Autobiography of Kola Boof” — in which she chronicled her in Laden connection — told us via email: “I have slept with Djimon Hounsou throughout his marriage to Kimora Lee Simmons,” adding: “I don’t think it’s a secret to people in Los Angeles.”

(Simmons and Hounsou, who have a 3-year-old son Kenzo , reportedly are not legally married.)

Boof was clear-cut about her reasons for the alleged affair.
“I am not in love with Djimon Hounsou & he is not in love with me,” she wrote. “The only reason I had sex with him was to get revenge on Kimora.”

Boof wrote that her beef with Simmons stems from something that happened while she was being treated for “brain cancer” at the Loma Linda Cancer Center in 2008.

“Kimora nearly destroyed my life and my children’s lives,” the author claimed. “She is a lecherous, two-faced, money-obsessed witch and a delusional snob.”
Boof declined to reveal exactly what Simmons allegedly did to spark her fury.”
“It’s just too much,” she wrote.

Boof had kinder words for Hounsou, who hails from Benin, West Africa. “Djimon is a great human being. He’s just lost in a culture he doesn’t understand,” she wrote.
She also pronounced the “Amistad” actor a “sexual athlete,” who inspired a character in her most recent novel, “The Sexy Part of the Bible.”
“Seahorse, the male lead character, is based on Djimon and our personal sex life [over] the last 4 years.”

A look at Boof’s Twitter feed reveals that she tweeted about her affair with Hounsou in January and February.

“I f—ed her husband more than she did,” she tweeted on Jan. 28.

Boof explained that her affair with the actor started “because I had just lost my husband. We were lonely and intended to have sex only once, but then we had chemistry and became addicted.”
Boof also indicated, however, that she’d kicked her Hounsou habit.
“Now that they are ‘separated' (and trying to hide that fact), I have no interest in sleeping with him further,” she wrote.

Via Beyond Black & White:

One has to wonder what Kimora did to bring the wrath of Kola Boof raining down from the sky.

Well, Kola was kind enough to speak to us and reveal the REAL reason why she continued to sleep with Djimon despite the fact that he was in a very public relationship with Kimora.

It all started years ago when Djimon was in a relationship with Kola, and Kola was experiencing some very scary health issues. It was at that time that Kimora started sleeping with Djimon behind Kola’s back. Yep, you got that right, according to Kola,

Kimora was the original relationship-wrecker. On the eve of Kola undergoing surgery for brain cancer, Kola says that Kimora came to her and told her point-blank that she had already begun sleeping with Djimon and that by the time the anesthesia wore off from the surgery Kimora would have her man.

They say revenge is a dish best served cold; well, Kola has been serving her revenge to Kimora on ice. Via email, Boof told the Daily News:

“I have slept with Djimon Hounsou throughout his marriage to Kimora Lee Simmons,” adding: “I don’t think it’s a secret to people in Los Angeles.”

So for the last 4 years Boof admits to sleeping with Hounsou–who has a 3-year-old son named Kenzo with Simmons–out of spite.

Furthermore, Boof says she had no feelings for Hounsou and doesn’t intend on sleeping with him again now that he and Simmons are no longer together, although she has nothing but kind things–relatively speaking–to say about Hounsou.

When Boof tweeted about her relationship with Housou in January and February, some folks made it known that they just couldn’t believe that a man like Hounsou would be with a woman like Boof behind Kimora’s back.

After all, Kimora is a light-skinned, long-haired fashion model with a rich ex-husband, what could Boof have on Kimora? A simmering disdain for dark-skinned black women and a disbelief that a woman with dark-skin could claim–and keep–the attention, lust, and desire of a man when that same man already had a light-skinned woman on his arm is just too much for some people to accept. In the words of Kola: “I’m making history.”

So yes, Kola slept with Djimon even though he was in a relationship with Kimora, but first Kimora slept with Djimon when he was in a relationship with Kola. And all along, Djimon has been all too happy to be a pawn in the games these two women played to hurt each other.
“It was selfish and ultimately wrong, but I don’t feel bad about it. I wanted vengeance.” says Kola.

Side Note: Jesus take the wheel. There are no words. SMH
[UPDATE] Dijimon Hounsou responds to the claims being made against him. Ironically he spoke through Kimora Lee Simmons' ex-hubby's website Global Grind.

GlobalGrind spoke exclusively with Djimon and he addressed the false accusations that are being spread about him and his family.

He states:

It has come to my attention vicious lies and stories are being spread about myself and my family. I do not know, nor have I ever met this person. To that extent any and all claims are totally fabricated and for the press to be spreading these lies is irresponsible on their part. I am a man of integrity and would never betray my wife or my family.

Well not surprised, but Kola Boof responded to Djimon's statement via Twitter. She tweeted:

Monday, June 11, 2012

PARIS — Rain or shine, clay or mud, Sunday or Monday, Rafael Nadal rules Roland Garros.
The man they call ‘‘Rafa’’ won his record seventh French Open title Monday, returning a day after getting rained out to put the finishing touches on a 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 victory over Novak Djokovic. He denied Djokovic in his own run at history — the quest for the ‘‘Novak Slam.’’

Eddie Murphy and Rocsi were spotted again, this time in Hawaii all cozy and comfy together. Now as stated before on this blog [check archives], Rocsi will have finally hit pay dirt if she can reel in Eddie "hella rich" Murphy. Not saying she a gold digger, but....